Georgian:Sounds and Writing
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| South Caucasian | NA | Georgia |
მხედრული (Mkhedruli) | |
The Georgian language uses an alphabet that's a bit different from the Latin alphabet most people who speak English are used to. Georgian has a special set of ejective letters that are pronounced with an extra push of air from your glottis.
Georgian Alphabet
The Georgian alphabet will be given in both alphabetical order and in tables representing the sounds of the letters.
ა ბ გ დ ე ვ ზ თ ი კ ლ მ ნ ო პ ჟ რ ს ტ უ ფ ქ ღ ყ შ ჩ ც ძ წ ჭ ხ ჯ ჰ
Consonants
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
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| Nasal | m მ | n ნ | |||||
| Plosive | aspirated | pʰ ფ | tʰ თ | kʰ ქ | |||
| voiced | b ბ | d დ | ɡ გ | ||||
| ejective | pʼ პ | tʼ ტ | kʼ კ | qʼ ყ | |||
| Affricate | plain | ts ც | tʃ ჩ | ||||
| voiced | dz ძ | dʒ ჯ | |||||
| ejective | tsʼ წ | tʃʼ ჭ | |||||
| Fricative | voiceless | s ს | ʃ შ | x ხ | h ჰ | ||
| voiced | v ვ | z ზ | ʒ ჟ | ɣ ღ | |||
| Rhotic | r რ | ||||||
| Lateral | l ლ | ||||||
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i ი | u უ |
| Mid | ɛ ე | ɔ ო |
| Open | a~ɑ ა | |
Georgian pages
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| Introduction · Cases · Pronouns · Sounds and Writing · Verbs |
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